Sawbuck



(No Model.)

F. M. TRIBBETT. SAWBUGK.

No. 486,415. Patented Nov. 15, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS M. TRIBBETT, OF ABINGDON, ILLINOIS.

SAWBUCK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 486,415, dated November 15, 1892.

I pplication filed December 19, 1890. Serial No. 375,274. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

' Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. TRIBBETT, a citizen of the United States,.residing at Abingdon, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sawbucks, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of the construction and arrangement of two counterbalance-hooks attached to a sawbuck and operated by means of a treadle and connecting-rods to hold the wood firmly while being sawed.-

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a sawbuck A,to which are pivoted at B B the counterbalance-hooks D D, which are provided with arms E E, to which are attached the connecting-rods F F,which in turn are attached to the treadle G, and this is pivoted to the buck at H H. Hooks D D are also provided with weights at J J, which are of sufficient weight to counterbalance the hooks D D, arms E E, rods F F, and treadle G and hold them in the position shown when not in use. Weights J J are provided with hooks L L to hang the saw on when not in use.

Fig. 2 is a view of hooks; Fig. 3, a view of treadle and connecting-rods.

To operate my improved wood-holder, place the wood on the buck in the usual manner, put foot on the treadle, causing the hooks D D to press the wood down in forks of buck and hold it while being sawed, and release it when weight is taken 0d the treadle.

What I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The counterbalancehooks D D, having arms E E, weights J J, hooks L L and pivoted at B B, and treadle G, and rods F F, all arranged to operate and hold wood firmly while sawing it, substantially as set forth and described.

FRANCIS M. TRIBBETT.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. FIREBAUGH, JOHN W. JARVIS. 

